The case pits her former
partner, Ryan O'Neal, against a powerful university.

O'Neal left the Los
Angeles courthouse after another day of battling to keep an Andy Warhol
painting of his one-time companion, Farrah Fawcett. The painting was seen
hanging in O'Neal's bedroom in his recent reality show. It's one of two nearly
identical portraits of Fawcett that Warhol painted in 1980.

O'Neal's attorney,
Marty Singer, said, "For the first 18 years, they each had a portrait in
their home, and then between 2001 and 2006 -- before she was diagnosed with
cancer -- that portrait went back and forth."

When Fawcett died of
cancer in 2009, she left her art collection to the University of Texas, which
now has one of the Warhol portraits and is suing O'Neal for the other one.

David Beck, attorney for
University of Texas, said, "Both of those Warhol paintings were in her
condominium at the time of her death and they were in there for years prior to
the time of her death. It ought to go to the University of Texas because it was
part of her living trust."

Fawcett became a star in
the 1970s hit TV show "Charlie's Angels." O'Neal was famous as the
handsome lead in the heartbreaking 1970 movie, "Love Story." Fawcett and O'Neal's own love story was
turbulent.

Asked if that love story
played a role in how this battle developed, Beck said, "Well, there
obviously had some effect on Farrah because she didn't even mention Ryan O'Neal in her
living trust. Not a word, not even an ashtray, did she give to Ryan O'Neal."

O'Neal admits he took the
painting from Fawcett's home soon after her death, but he insists it always
belonged to him. The University of Texas says Fawcett herself took out insurance on the
painting, which she renewed weeks before her death.

O'Neal lawyer Marty Singer said, "For the
first 23 years, it was only insured by Ryan. When it was located at her
condominium for the most part, that's when it was insured."

The university points to a
scene from the reality show "Chasing Farrah," in which the actress
talks about both paintings. On the show, Fawcett is asked how many paintings
Warhol made of her. She replied, "Uh, 2. Well he made probably 3. I don't
know. I have two. I have one in my place. It would be stupid to have 2."

O'Neal's attorneys say the
reality show does not reflect the reality. Singer said, "Ryan O'Neal has
made it clear he's not going to sell this portrait, he's going to give it to his
son. And that his son can decide what to do with it."

Even the value of the portrait is
disputed. The university says its worth $12
million. O'Neal says it has been appraised at $900,000.